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JOHN VAN DUSSEN REED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-HOSE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 61,272, dated March 23,1675; application fi'ed March 16, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN VAN DUSSEN REED, of the city of New York,county and State of New York, have invented a new manufacture,consisting of Improved Fire-Hose, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying draw- 1n gs,forming part thereof.

Figure l is a cross-section of my new firehose, constituted of more thana single ply. F g. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is asimilar view of one of the practicable modifications of the texture ofmy hose. F g. 4 1s a sectional view of a loom in which, with certainmodifications and additions, here- 111 described, my new hose may bewoven.

My invention relates to fire-hose, composed of cotton, linen, or otherequivalent fibrous material, woven in a circular form, without aselya-ge, with the warp-threads of each series uniformly spaced, andwith the weft closely packed up, so as to form a hose of uniformsolidity in every part.

Single-ply hose, woven entire, has been made both by myself and others,and multiply hose has also been so made; but such hose has lacked theessential characteristics of my invention, being fabricated bya methodwhich results in separating, on opposite sides of the tube, two adjacentwarp-threads of each ply that may be woven somewhat farther apart fromeach other than are the intermediate threads from each other, and thesharp bend at these lines of the warp remains permanently in the web,whereby there is formed along the lines of this separation two weakplaces running the entire length of the hose. WVhen such hose is wovenupon a mandrel, as is sometimes done, the warp is evenly spaced, and thehose made of practically uniform strength; but it is impossible to beatup the weft to form a close, compact fabric.

The drawings represent several sections of my three-ply hose, Fig. 1being a cross-section, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is alsoa longitudinal section of a three-ply hose, showing a modification, inwhich each and all the warp-threads pass back and forth through theentire thickness of the web.

In Fig. 1, the large circles represent the Warp-threads of a three-plyhose, and the small be able to fabricate my new hose, whether two,three, or more ply, I will describe a method and a loom by which it maybe produced, not limiting myself, however, to any special method orinstrumentality, my claim, in this specification, being for the productitself as a new manufacture.

On the 4th day of June, 1872, Letters Patent of the United States werereissued tome for improvement in looms for weaving hats. l have employedsaid loom, with certain modifications, changes, and additions, in theweaving of my new lire-hose of more than one ply.

The general description of that loom I shall not here repeat, but referthereto for the same, confining my present description to the changesand additions necessary for the production of my new hose.

In order that these changes and additions may be the more readilyunderstood, I have reproduced here, in Fig. 4 of the drawings, asectional view of the parts of the said loom by which the warp strandsor threads are carried and the woof-thread delivered into the web, andshown therein, the above-named necessary additions and changes.

In this loom the warp-strands are held on spools, carried by jacksarranged around a circle, the strands converging toward the center ofthe circle, where they pass down through a hollow cylinder, over theupper circular edge of the said cylinder. Just at this edge thewoof-strands are woven. into the Warp by a shuttle, which is carriedaround the circle, and winds the woof into the web spirally, thusforming a continuous cylindrical tube. The ends of the warp-threads,before the operation of weaving in the woof is commenced, are

gathered together, carried down through the cylinder A, Fi 4, aroundunder the drum B, over the drum 0, and back around a drum or axle, D. Bya stress of a weight or spring upon the axle D, the proper tension isgiven to the warp-threads.

Upon the shafts c c of the drums B G are gears, which are driven by theworm E, to which motion is communicated from the drivving-pulley F,through the shaft and gears 1, 2, 3, at, 5, 6, and 7, and the worm andgear 8 and 9. The warp-carriers or jacks a are held between verticalguide plates or partitions, and are caused to moveflup and down in theirplaces between said guide-plates by the harness to give the requisitemotion to the warpstrands in the act of weaving, the shuttle beingcarried in the end of the arm E, which is attached to the frame carryingthe harness, and revolves with it, thus winding the said woof-threadinto the web spirally and continuously from end to end of the hose, allof which, so far as relates to the action of the woof-carriers andshuttle, is fully described in the Letters Patent before referred to.

N ow, to produce a double-ply web a second shuttle and shuttle-carryingarm are provided, the said arm being attached to the revolving carriageor rings of the loom, the two arms being placed at opposite sides of theloom, each shuttle carrying a separate woof-thread. A certain number ofthe jacks or warp-carriers are made to carry the threads to form one ofthe ply, and an equal number to carry those to form the other ply. Thewarp-threads for each web are thrown by their carriers to form with thewoof-thread, delivered from the shuttles respectively, a separate web,and then the two webs are tied together intoone by another set of thewarp-threads, which cross through both webs, back and forth, aroundthe.two woof-threads, the jacks carrying these tying-threads being, bythe direction of the guide-rings of the harness, which actuate them,made to thus pass back and forth through the entire thickness of bothwebs. Usually about every fourth warp-strand is made such tying-strand.A greater or less number may be used at pleasure.

The operation described will produce a fabric the relative position anddirection of the several threads of which are represented by the Figs. 1and 2, the former being a cross-section of the hose, and the latter alongitudinal section. These drawings are made on a greatlyenlargedscale, and the strands or threads are represented as separated widelyfrom each other, in order that their relative position and direction maybe plainly seen.

In the actual web the strands are, of course, crowded into close contactwith each other. To do this I attach, at essentially right angles to theend of the shuttle-carrying arm, a divider consisting of two arms, 6 6,formed into an oblate frame. The shuttle travels between the arms of thedivider, and delivers the weft evenly and closely between thewarp-strands, which are forced apart in its passage, and these warpstrands, being closed after the passage of the divider, tie the weft upsolidly and firm, and it is further compacted by the next passage of theshuttle and divider.

I do not intend to limit myself to the precise arrangement of thethreads here shown. If preferred, that shown in Fig. 3 may be adopted.To accomplish this, it is only necessary to so construct and arrange theharness of the loom as to move the warp-carriers to give the warp-threadthe necessary motions, which any mechanic or weaver skilled in the artwill know how to do.

To make a three-ply hose (the one represented in the drawings) it isonly necessary to add a thread-shuttle and shuttle-carrier,

. divide the warp-threads into three sets, one

for each web, and construct and arrange the harness to throw thecarriers of the several sets to weave with the three woofstrands threeseparate webs, and then to cause the tyingstrands to pass through thethree webs, and around all the three woof-threads, or to cause all thewoof -threads to cross and recross through the web and around all thewoofthreads, as seen in Fig. 3.

There are, I believe, novel and patentable devices and combinationsabove indicated, not

found in the loom already secured to me by the Letters Patent referredto, and which are necessary on the loom described for the weaving ofmore than a single ply, which I do not intend to claim in thisspecification, intending to reserve the same for a separate applicationfor a patent, which it is my purpose to make.

I here claim as a new man ufacture- Fire-hose woven entire of anoriginally circular form, constituted of more than a single ply, andhaving the warp-threads uniformly spaced and the weft compactly packedup, substantially as described.

In witness I have hereunto set my hand.

J. VAN D. REED. Witnesses:

B. S. CLARK, FRED. E. Bonn.

